Packaging pipe-cleaners.



W. R. LEE. PACKAGING PIPE CLEANERS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.8,1012.

Eatented Aug.25,1914.

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WILLIAM R. LEE, CF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

e IAGKAGING rire-CLEANERS.

` Specification of Letters Il'atent.

Patented Au". 25, 1914.

Application tiled. August 6, 1912. Serial No. 713,575. l

PipesGleaners, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification and shown in the accompanying drawings. c

The present invention relates to the packaging of pipe cleaners andanobject of the sameis to provide a compact package which will contain abundle of pipe stem cleaners and a pipe bowl cleaner.

Anotherobject of the invention is to proW vide a pipe bowl cleaneradapted to be contained within a small package and preferably havingprovision for holding together' a bundle of pipe stem cleaners.

A further object of the invention is to provide a package in which abowl cleaner will be so connected to the stein cleaners that it will notbecome accidentally disconnected therefrom.

To these and other ends the invention consistsin certain parts andcombinations of `parts all of which willbe hereinafter described, thenovel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: Figures l and 2 are respectively two views at rightangles to each otherof one embodiment of the invention;

Figs; 3 and l are similar views of another embodiment of the invention;and Iligs. 5

and `6` are similar views of still anothei' em bodinient of theinvention.

The package preferably comprises a pluralityfor bundle Of pipe steincleaners 1 fornied in thisinstance of strands of wire covered withfibrous material and held together by a suitable wrapper 2 of paper orthe like". Combined with this` bundle of stein cleaners is a bowlcleaner comprising preferably a blade portion 3 having a suitable handpiece at one end, all of which may be foi-med from one piece of sheetmetal.` In the embodiment of the invention shownin Figs. l and 2, thehand piece cornprises 1 a substantially U-shaped and lateri ally`deflected portion l having its arms provided with two perforations oropenings through which the bundle of pipe stem cleaners is passed in themanner shown in Figs.` 1 and 2. In the embodiment shown in Figs. 3 and4, the hand piece is in the form of a laterally deflected arm portion flprovided `with a perforation having the bundle (lopes of this patent maybe obtained for five cents each, by addressing the wnmgton, n. o."

of stems` passed tlieretlirough.` In the em bodiment shown in Figs. 5and 6, the hand piece 1lb is only deflected laterally a slight distanceand is provided with a small open- In allillustrated embodiments of theinvention, the blade 3 of the pipe stem cleaner is introduced into oneend of the wrapper sleeveisoafs to extend inthe direction oftherlengthof the bundle, `while the hand pieceof the pipe bowl cleanersurrounds one or more of the pipe stem, cleaners 1. This arrangeinenttends to hold the pipe bowl cleaner within the sleeve 2 and, as thelatter is inade of paper, prevents the pipe bowl cleaner from tearingthe sleeve in transportation. Furthermore, when the pipe bowl. cleaners'entirely surrounds thepipe stem cleaners, it holds the latter incompact forni and` prevents the accidental tearing of the sleeve 2 byone` of the pipe stem cleaners being pulled laterally. The embodimentshown in Figs. l and 2 has the further advantage that it will provide acomplete securing' means for the pipe stem cleaners, as the wrapper,with this construction, may be eliminated.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. `A package of pipe cleaners comprising a bundle of stem cleaners, awrapper passed about the stem cleaners, and a bowl cleaner provided witha blade fitting in said wrapper and having a hand piece deflectedlaterally with relation to the blade and formed with an opening throughwhich at least one of the cleaners is passed.

2. A package of pipe cleaners compris ing a bundle of stem cleaners anda bowl cleaner having a portion surrounding the stem cleaners.

3. A package of pipe cleaners comprising a bundle of stem cleaners and abowl cleaner having a blade extending in the direction of the length ofthe bundle and a hand piece surrounding the entire bundle.

4.. A packageof pipe cleaners comprising abundle of stein cleaners and ahowl olea-nei' providedwith a blade and a hand piece, the latter havinga substantially U-shaped portion formed with two openings through whichthe stem cleaners are passed.

WILLIAM R. LEE.

Witnesses:

HAROLD II. Simms, LoUIsE M. Corr.

Commissioner of Patents,

ing to receive one of the pipe stem cleaners l. i

